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What's That Smell?
A taste of honey
Do you know your geometry?
Pavlov's dog did this.
100
This is sewn into the cottonoids, tonsil sponges and pledgets to retrieve and identify them.
What is radiopaque strings?
100
The tip is referred to as the apex. The base includes the openings and the root joins the bones to the skull.
What is the nose?
100
It is single or double-ended, sharp, used for tissue retraction.
What is a Joseph's retractor (skin hook)?
100
It is anatomically organized into triangles for identification.
What is the neck?
100
It is situated over the mandible, just anterior to the ear and extends anteriorly to the masseter muscle.
What is the parotid gland?
200
This solution is used as a vasoconstrictor and is applied topically only.
What is Cocaine?
200
It is a funnel structure that empties into the pyriform fossae and eventually into the esophagus.
What is the laryngopharynx?
200
Used for retracting the uvula and soft palate.
What is the Lothrop uvula retractor?
200
It separates the side of the neck into two large triangles.
What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM)?
200
It is the second largest salivary gland. It is C-shaped and wraps around the inferior mandible.
What is the submandibular gland?
300
A redundant mucosal tissue that prevents airflow and drainage of the paranasal sinus.
What is a polyp?
300
It is the median viscera of the oropharynx.
What is the Lingual tonsil?
300
It is also called a tongue depressor.
What is a Wieder Tongue blade?
300
It is a benign lesion of the laryngeal epithelium.
What is a leukoplakia?
300
The multiple ducts of the sublingual gland that empty into the oral cavity.
What are the ducts of Rivinus?
400
The uncinate process is removed with a sickle kniife and Cottle elevator.
What is an maxillary antrostomy?
400
They are the median viscera of the epipharynx. They are sometimes called the nasopharyngeal tonsil.
What are adenoids?
400
A fself-retaining eye-shaped retractor with ratchets.
What is a Jennings Mouth Gag?
400
It is the nerve that crosses the posterior triangle of the neck behind the SCM.
What is spinal accessory nerve?(CN XI)
400
It is the duct that emerges from the deep anterior portion of the submandibular gland and drains into the anterior floor of the mouth.
What is the Wharton duct?
500
A technique used to enter the maxillary sinus by an incision into the gingival-buccal sulcus, generally for abcess drainage.
What is a Caldwell-Luc Procedure?
500
The opening of the parotid gland from the cheek into the vestibule of the mouth opposite the neck of the upper second molar tooth.
What is Steno's duct?
500
round-handled instrument with a right angled, slightly concave, blunt blade at its end used for retracting the nares.
What is an Aufricht nasal retractor?
500
It is the triangle of the neck that contains the submandibular gland and the hypoglossal nerve(CN VII).
What is the submandibular triangle?
500
It is the duct that travels from the Parotid gland, anteriorly across the masseter muscle and inserts into the mouth.
What is Stensen's duct?